Tauck launches four new European land tours for 2025

Tauck launches four new European land tours for 2025
Edited by Travel Weekly


In celebration of its 100th anniversary and 35 years of operating tour is Europe, Tauck has launched four new land journeys in Italy, Switzerland, France and England.

“Tauck will be 100-years-young in 2025, but we’re certainly not slowing down in any way,” Tauck CEO, Dan Mahar, said. “In fact, our commitment to innovating and enhancing our global portfolio of land tours, river cruises, small ship ocean cruises, and Tauck Bridges family adventures is stronger than ever.”

The four new tours come amid an increase in Tauck’s European business, as it remains the company’s most popular destination. Data indicates that bookings for 2025 have shown double-digit growth, percentage-wise, compared to the same time in the previous year. In total, Tauck will offer 39 land tours to Europe in 2025, including five itineraries designed specifically for families.

Tauck has also actively reduced the average group size of its land tours, with the introduction of its popular Small Group departures of 24 guests on average. More recently, they have also introduced the Smaller Group trips with an average of 15 guests each. The reduced group sizes enable guests to enjoy more intimate and interactive engagement within the destination and have access to people, places, and experiences unavailable to larger groups.

Also for 2025, the company is increasing its shoulder season departures by 50 per cent, primarily during October and November. CEO Dan Mahar noted that this period presents a wonderful time to visit Europe with cooler temperatures, fewer crowds, and an abundance in wine with the annual grape harvest.

“Expanding our shoulder season departures – and hosting more of our guests in Europe during the spring and fall – is a true win-win that benefits everyone,” said Mahar.

Tauck’s four new tours

  • A Week in… Piedmont (eight days, from $10,590 per person, double occupancy plus airfare)
    Guests can enjoy a wine tasting, cooking demonstration, and lunch at the Slow Food University in Langhe Hills. They will also by a truffle-hunting excursion with specially trained dogs and a chef-hosted cooking class amid vineyards and nut trees. There will also be a wine tasting lunch in the Gave region, in the cellar of an award-winning Piedmont winery.
A Week In... Piedmont

A Week In… Piedmont.

  • A Week in… Switzerland (eight days, from $11,490 per person, double occupancy plus airfare)
    Highlights of this tour includes a visit to Europe’s highest peak, Jungfraujoch, a rail excursion aboard the Golden Pass Train through the Swiss Alps, and a walking tour and chocolate tasting in Lucerne’s Old Town followed by a wine tasting at a nearby vineyard.
A Week In... Switzerland

A Week In… Switzerland.

  • England and the West Country (11 days, from $13,290 per person, double occupancy plus airfare)
    This tour takes guests on a guided tour of Chavenage House, a 400-year-old Cotswold manor home, a visit to the Morgan Sports Car factory for a guided tour and a chance to pilot one of the sports cars produced there, and a private cooking class at the Philleigh Cooking School.
England and the West Country

England and the West Country.

  • Paris, Dordogne & Bordeaux (14 days, from $17,890 per person, double occupancy plus airfare)
    Guests are treated to an early-opening private visit to the 12th-century Chateau de Beynac, an expert lecture with aperitifs on the Dordogne’s prehistoric sights, dinner prepared by a chef from a Michelin-starred restaurant, and a private tour and tasting at the historic Chateau de Ferrand.
Paris, Dordogne and BordeauxParis, Dordogne and Bordeaux.

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